I’m giving you the facts.īROOKE GLADSTONE: Historic dilapidated Africatown, a distraction or a shot of redemption?įrom WNYC in New York, this is On the Media. You understand? You come here for a story, I’m giving you the truth. You are the only African American I’ve ever met who could name the ship.ĪFRICAN DESCENDANT: Just about everything is made up. HENRY LOUIS GATES: You know, every African American that we know wants to know where in Africa they came from and then how they came here. Me and my wife can pick a bale of cotton, VICKII HOWELL: The song we used to sing was like, JAMES BALDWIN: When I was growing up I was taught in American history books that Africa had no history and neither did I. ROBIN MILES: “We seventy days cross de water from de Affica soil, and now dey part us from one ’nother. BROOKE GLADSTONE: On the Media goes to Mobile Alabama for an argument over history.
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